Kiddycare Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leicester for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 1996, with 65 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
FEEE Funding for children aged from 9 months to 4 years. Some 2 year olds are also eligible for funding, up to 15 hours per week during term time only. Our nurseries offer 15 and 30 hours early years education entitlement placement (subject to availability).
Worth knowing. Subject to availability.
What childcare usually costs in Leicester
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leicester from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
LE4 6PNWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 18 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are at the heart of this outstanding nursery. They are incredibly happy and confident. The passionate childcare staff provide the utmost care and attention to the children, who form extremely warm and loving relationships with their key members of staff. Children are safe, emotionally secure and able to learn from all the many rich experiences on offer. Children confidently access the abundance of vibrant activities that staff have set up to ignite their senses. They splash bubbly water with their hands, explore frozen flowers in water and ice, jump onto soft-play stepping stones and listen to enthusiastic staff singing nursery rhymes and songs.
The sound of laughter resonates throughout the nursery.
Children's behaviour is exemplary. They fully understand what is expected of them as staff teach the children manners and behavioural expectations, right from the youngest children to those preparing for school. For example, when staff shake a tambourine, children immediately stop what they are doing and listen with intent.
- 18 May 2023Outstanding
- 24 August 2017Outstanding
- 11 April 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kiddycare Nursery
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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